---
name: "Ward of Lights"
mana_cost: "{W}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "MIR"
set_name: "Mirage"
collector_number: "47"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Mike Dringenberg"
oracle_id: "edc05b33-2bfa-4692-bb3b-26b7cf111ce8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ward-of-lights-mir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ward of Lights
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flickering Ward](/printing/flickering-ward-soc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Cho-Manno's Blessing](/printing/cho-mannos-blessing-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Benevolent Blessing](/printing/benevolent-blessing-cmr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Pentarch Ward](/printing/pentarch-ward-tsp.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Floating Shield](/printing/floating-shield-tor.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Relic Ward](/printing/relic-ward-vis.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirage (MIR) #47
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Mike Dringenberg
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`